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South Africa - Overview

Bordered by two oceans – the Atlantic and the Indian, South Africa is a fascinating country whether one focuses on its history, the diversity of its inhabitants' cultures, or the splendor of its landscape.

With its 3000 kilometre-long coastline, its tropical beaches, mountain ranges, bush areas and deserts, South Africa is also a land of natural beauties.
Numerous National Parks teeming with flora and big game allow for many an opportunity to go on memorable scenic- and game-drives.
Each and every area boasts a typical flora and fauna. Among others, one might expect to spot lions, cheetahs, elephants, giraffes, eagles and ostriches, seals, penguins, whales and many more.

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South Africa - Facts

#1Table Mountain in Cape Town is believed to be one of the oldest mountains in the world.
#2South Africa has the longest wine route in the world.
#3Kruger National Park supports the greatest variety of wildlife species on the African continent.
#4South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique are tearing down fences between the countries' game parks to create a 13,500 square mile game park, which will become the largest conservation area in the world. It will be bigger than Switzerland, Belgium or Taiwan.
#5South Africa has a penguin colony, which thrives thanks to the cold Antarctic currents on the west coast near the Cape.
#6South Africa is rated 3rd in the world in supplying safe, drinkable tap water.
#7Blyde River Canyon is the third largest canyon in the world - and the largest green one. The Grand Canyon in the U.S. is the biggest, and the Fish River Canyon in Namibia the second, but both are very dry.
#8The only street in the world to house two Nobel Peace prizewinners is in Soweto. Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu both have houses on Vilakazi Street in Soweto.
#9South Africa has the third highest level of biodiversity in the world.
#10South Africa is the first country in Africa to host the prestigious FIFA World Cup (will take place in 2010).
#11South Africa has deserts, mountains, escarpments, plateaus, grasslands, bush, wetlands and subtropical forests.
#12Dr. Christiaan Barnard, at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, performed the first human heart transplant in the world in 1967. He was also the first to do a "piggyback" transplant in 1971, and he was the first to do a heart-lung transplant.
#13Three of the five fastest land animals live in South Africa - the cheetah (63 miles per hour), the wildebeest, and the lion.
#14The oldest remains of modern humans were found in Klasies River Cave in the Eastern Cape. They are well over 100,000 years old.
#15Although Pretoria is considered to be the capital of South Africa, the country actually has three capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial).
#16South Africa has the most luxurious train in the world, The Rovos Rail.
#17South Africa has the oldest wine industry outside of Europe and the Mediterranean, featuring Chardonnays, Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cinsault, Riesling, Shiraz, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinotage varietals.

Cape Town - The Mother City

The Cape Winelands - Stellenbosch

Bush Dinner Setup

4x4 Game Drive in the Kruger National Park

Sun City

Durban Coast Line

Johannesburg Skyline

All our events

The Westin Cape Town

A.F.I

Conference | 350 pers | Cape Town - South Africa

Cape Town scenic view

AKTIF+

Reward Trip | 10 pers | Cape Town - South Africa

Alpro Breakfast

ALPRO

Incentive | 8 pers | Cape Town - South Africa

Melrose Arch Hotel

APREP

Reward Trip | 55 pers | Johannesburg and Cape Town - South Africa

Audi

Reward Trip | 40 pers | Cape Town - South Africa

AXA Group

Reward trip | 28 pers | South Africa, Botswana and Zambia

BNP

Incentive | 43 pers | Pilanesberg and Cape Town - South Africa

Bolloré Africa Logistics

Convention | 250 pers | Hermanus - South Africa

Ivory Tree Lodge Pool

Cap Gemini

Incentive | 70 pers | South Africa

Arrival in Cape Town

Compagnie Fiduciaire

Incentive | 42 pers | Cape Town and Sun City - South Africa

The Royal Livingstone

D'Ieteren

Convention | 3 back to back of 140 pers | Livingstone - Zambia

DAF Trucks

Incentive | 14 pers | Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and Sossusvlei - Namibia

Daikin

Incentive | 32 pers | Cape Town and Pilanesberg National Park - South Africa

Royal natal amphitheater

ELO Voyagers

Adventure trip | 9 pers | Drakensberg - South Africa

Game drive in Sabi Sand Game Reserve

FAM TRIP

Fam Trip | 11 pax | Kruger National Park & Cape Town - South Africa

Mabula Mbuvu Deck

Gan Group

Reward trip | 50 pers | South Africa

Newlands Stadium

Génération 69

Incentive | 23 pers | Cape Town - South Africa

Table Mountain sunset

GFI

Reward trip | 31 pers | Cape Town - South Africa

Bazaruto aerial view

Inchcape

Reward Trip | 49 pers | South Africa and Mozambique

The African Princess

L'Oréal

Press trip | 34 pers | Livingstone - Zambia

LIXXBAIL

Incentive | 2 x 60 pers | Cape Town - South Africa

Visit of Cape Point

Manitou Group

Reward trip | 43 pers | Cape Town and Safari - South Africa

MC DONALD'S

Convention | 380 pers | Sun City - South Africa

Helicopter flight over Cape Town

Mercedes Benz Group

Incentive | 55 pers | Cape Town - South Africa

Nestlé

Reward Trip | 30 pers | Botswana (Okavango Delta) & Zambia

The Cape Royale

Petronas Lubricants

Reward trip | 25 pers | Cape Town and Pilanesberg National Park

Primonial

Reward trip | 21 pers | Cape Town - South Africa

Proscan

Conference | 47 pers | Cape Town, George & Pilanesberg - South Africa

Table Bay Hotel Pool

PSA Citroën

Incentive | 60 pers | South Africa

Royal Livingstone Hotel

Quantis

Reward trip | 100 pers | Zambia

ROCHE BOBOIS

New showroom launch | 200 guests | Cape Town - South Africa

Table bay hotel

SFR

Reward | 29 pers | Cape Town - South Africa

Radisson Blu hotel

Stada

Incentive | 30 pers | South Africa, Zambia, Mauritius

TOTAL

Incentive with rewards ceremony | 350 pers | Victoria Falls - Zambia

UTDF (Union Terres de France)

Study tour | 42 pers | Cape Town and Clanwilliam - South Africa

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